Frontier Group Holdings

ULCC

Market cap $1.12B

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. ( ULCC ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 5, 2025 4:30 PM EST Company Participants David Erdman - Senior Director of Investor Relations Barry Biffle - CEO & Director James Dempsey - President Robert "Bobby" Schroeter - Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer Mark Mitchell - Senior VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Ravi Shanker - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Atul Maheswari - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Brandon Oglenski - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Shannon Doherty - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Ryan Capozzi - Wolfe Research, LLC James Kirby - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Thomas Fitzgerald - TD Cowen, Research Division Daniel McKenzie - Seaport Research Partners Christopher Stathoulopoulos - Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP, Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Frontier Group Holdings Quarter 3 2025 Earnings Call.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Frontier Group (ULCC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.34 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.36. This compares to a loss of $0.05 per share a year ago.

DENVER , Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ULCC), parent company of Frontier Airlines, Inc., today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2025 and issued guidance for the fourth quarter 2025. Highlights: Total revenue was $886 million on 4 percent lower capacity; revenue per available seat mile ("RASM") was 9.14 cents, while RASM on a stage adjusted basis to 1,000 miles was 8.76 cents, 2 percent higher compared to the corresponding 2024 quarter Cost per available seat mile ("CASM") was 9.95 cents, including fuel expense at an average cost of $2.54 per gallon; total operating expenses were $963 million, or $729 million excluding fuel (a non-GAAP measure), resulting in CASM excluding fuel of 7.53 cents Net loss was $77 million, or $(0.34) per share Ended the quarter with $691 million of total liquidity Issued a $105 million par value note in the fourth quarter secured by substantially all of the spare parts and tooling related to the Company's A320 family aircraft Inducted two A321neo aircraft during the quarter, increasing Frontier's fleet to 84 percent fuel-efficient A320neo family aircraft, the highest percentage of all major U.S. carriers Generated 105 available seat miles ("ASMs") per gallon in the third quarter of 2025, 2 percent higher than the corresponding 2024 quarter Announced 42 new routes consistent with Frontier's commitment to become the leading low-fare carrier in the top-20 U.S. metros, with service being added in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale and Houston, as well as new international destinations in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Frontier's debut at Providenciales International Airport in Turks and Caicos and a return to Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, Bahamas "Our third-quarter results were in line with expectations as we navigated a competitive pricing environment," said Barry Biffle, Chief Executive Officer.

Frontier Group (ULCC) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

DENVER , Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC), parent company of Frontier Airlines, Inc., will be releasing its third quarter 2025 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Management will host a live webcast with analysts to discuss these results the same day at 4:30pm ET.

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Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle fired back at United's CEO for saying the discount airline model is dying in the U.S. United CEO Scott Kirby has long said the budget airline model in the U.S. doesn't work, pointing to higher costs and a need for growth.

No, you're not experiencing déjà vu – Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy again, its second time in less than 12 months. After emerging from bankruptcy in March of this year, Spirit failed to make any traction with its cost-cutting initiatives and filed for bankruptcy protection again in August.

After Spirit filed for bankruptcy for a second time, Frontier is set to benefit. Deutsche Bank analysts upgraded Frontier's stock rating, and its share price jumped 14.5%.